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I am always being asked if there are any hints and tips that I can pass onto people who are eager to set about playing online poker, well there are certainly quite a few I can reveal and that is what I will be doing in the following guide. You can also check out this page at Top 10 Poker Sites for more tips on playing online poker in Indiana.

Obviously the most important feature that you should be demanding from any real money poker site you do come across is having the ability of not only making a deposit into that site via a method that is convenient enough to you, but also being able to set your account in U.S. Dollars too.

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One of the most commonly made mistakes some online poker players will make is to sign up to an offshore poker sites that demands you set your account to operate in a different currency to USD and that will then see you being forced to pay currency exchange rate fees and charges when you top up that account or just as bad when you withdraw your poker winnings too.

Plus, you will then be at the mercy of currency exchange rate fluctuations too, and with that in mind one of the things that should be right at the top of your list of wants and demands of any poker site you may be thinking about joining, is having the ability and option to set that account to fully operate in USD.

Also, only ever play at licensed poker sites, as that way you will always know the poker games that you will be playing online are completely fair and random, and you will get paid out your winnings if you win.

Poker Site Promotional Offers

If there is one thing that is going to tempt you to switch your real money poker action online, it is the value of the sign up offers and deals that all poker sites are going to be showering upon you to get you to become a member of their respective sites.

If you just jump in with both feet though and claim them without carefully reading through all of the many rules that come into force when claiming such bonuses and promotional offers you may live to regret doing so, and as such read them before claiming them are my words of advice.

Instantly Work Out the Strength of Your Hand

As you are obviously not sat around a real poker table in a land based poker room when playing online from home, you can of course make use of a range of additional poker playing tools that can help you greatly when playing.

One thing that I would advise you to acquire and make use of is a little piece of software known as a poker calculator, for when you get one of those installed on your computer, you can instantly input your poker hand and it will tell you the current odds of you actually winning the game you are involved in.

Always Set Yourself Some Limits When Playing Poker

I am sure that at one time or another you will have read stories about how some poker players went bust, and you will certainly not want to join that club. With that in mind it is important that you do everything possible to protect yourself from busting out your bankroll.

The savviest and most experienced poker players will never put their entire bankroll at risk when playing, and as such they will have a good, solid, and extremely robust money management system in place whenever they od play poker cash ring games or enter any poker tournaments instead.

When and if you do set about playing real money poker online, do keep that in mind and always set a deposit limit at the poker sites you are playing at, as ultimately that setting when in place will protect you from yourself if you lose track of all reality and try to deposit more money than you can afford and chose as your deposit limit into your account to play poker with.


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